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In 2026, the Chinese car market, on the surface, is still moving forward, but the underlying tone is not easy. On one hand, NEV penetration continues to rise, with new cars arriving one after another; on the other hand, promotions, price cuts, and benefit increases have basically become the norm.
It is worth noting that selling cars does not mean profit remains. You should know that the most uncomfortable part of this industry is not the lack of sales, but that many enterprises are exchanging profit for market share and cash flow for voice.
Entering July, the market pressure did not suddenly disappear. According to data released by the China Passenger Car Association, from July 1st to 26th, national passenger car retail was 1.123 million units, down 18% year-on-year and 13% month-on-month. From here, it is clear that consumers are more cautious about buying cars, and enterprises can no longer solely rely on a round of marketing hype to push up sales.
However, precisely against this backdrop, Geely Automobile delivered a July «report card» with quite a sense of contrast. Its single-month sales reached 250,161 units, making Geely Automobile the only company in the industry to achieve month-on-month and year-on-month double growth in sales for five consecutive months. Among them, NEV sales (including Geely Automobile, Lynk & Co, ZEEKR) were 160,165 units, up 23% year-on-year, accounting for 64% of total sales. More worth pondering is that Geely Automobile's overseas exports also reached 106,663 units, up 202% year-on-year and 4% month-on-month, achieving double growth year-on-year and month-on-month for seven consecutive months.
You should know that these are not numbers easily exchanged by «lowering the price a bit more» and «pumping volume more fiercely». Because the market today no longer lacks a car that becomes popular in the short term; it lacks a system that can continuously meet demand: mainstream markets need scale, high-end markets need brand momentum, fuel users cannot be abandoned, and NEV users must be persuaded; the domestic market needs stability, and the overseas market must have new growth.
Therefore, what is truly worth looking at in Geely Automobile's July report card is not the result of 250,000 units itself, but where these 250,000 units come from, what supports them, and whether they can continue. When the industry is generally under pressure, why can Geely Automobile still run its own rhythm? Let's explore it together!
Not just «one best-selling model», but a product matrix that can fight
If you break down Geely Automobile's July sales by company, you will find that its growth logic is not single-line.
Geely Brand sales for the month were 197,942 units, up 2% year-on-year, still constituting the most solid basic base of this automaker. Looking down, Geely Galaxy sold 107,797 units, up 13% year-on-year; China Star Series sales were 90,145 units, up 15% month-on-month; ZEEKR deliveries were 35,837 units, a big jump of 111% year-on-year; Lynk & Co sales were 16,382 units, among which NEV products reached 14,069 units. The meaning of these numbers lies not in every brand having to become «Number One», but in different price bands, energy routes, and usage scenarios having relatively clear successors.
Let's look at Geely Galaxy first. It bears the scale task of the mainstream NEV market. Star Wish July sales were 55,105 units, up 24% year-on-year and 8% month-on-month, cumulative sales breaking 800,000 units. For a volume-selling car, the true test has never been whether it can create hype at launch, but whether it can still retain users after rapid product iteration and frequent price cuts by competitors. Continuous sales performance shows that Galaxy is not just hitting the rhythm in a certain window period; it has begun to possess the ability to output stably.
Next is ZEEKR. 35,837 units of monthly delivery and a 111% year-on-year increase are not just a number change in the high-end NEV market. It exactly shows that in the process of Geely Automobile moving upwards, it did not understand high-endization as «more expensive configuration sheets», but is strengthening the combined force of brand, technology, and product experience. Products such as ZEEKR 9X, Refreshed ZEEKR 009, and 7X have successively progressed for delivery, targeting different battlefields such as high-end SUVs, luxury MPVs, and global pure electric markets. Users of high-end cars are not insensitive to prices, but they care more about whether a car is complete enough—design, performance, intelligence, safety, and service cannot focus on just one item.
Compared to ZEEKR, Lynk & Co undertakes the group's «broader» task. It did not crowd into the same comfortable home-use track with all brands, but continues to strengthen sports and travel attributes. In July, Lynk & Co 07 GT went on sale and 10,000 large orders were broken in 27 minutes, although this data comes from the enterprise disclosure standpoint. But it at least reflects a trend: when NEV products gradually look more and more alike, products that can provide clear driving personality and scene value are actually easier to be remembered.
And besides NEV cars, don't ignore fuel cars. When many people talk about NEV transformation, they habitually view fuel businesses as «old burdens» that need to be discarded as soon as possible. But for an automaker pursuing operating quality, fuel cars are still important cash flow and user foundations. In this regard, Geely China Star continues to consolidate fuel car market competitiveness. China Star July sales reached 90,145 units, up 15% month-on-month; the Double Bin Family sales were 31,152 units, up 68% year-on-year. This means Geely Automobile did not use NEV to hard confront and replace all demand, but retained different user choice rights during the transformation process.
From here, it is not difficult to see that this is where the synergy of Geely's four brands is most valuable: Galaxy is responsible for deepening and expanding the mainstream NEV market, ZEEKR is responsible for breakthroughs in high-end value zones, Lynk & Co defends youthful, sporty, and personalized expressions, and China Star stabilizes the basic base of fuel car users. They are not four teams fighting independently, but jointly undertaking growth tasks in different segmented markets.
More importantly, the value of the matrix is not just «many cars». From the appearance of Galaxy TT and Galaxy Warship 700, to the successive deliveries of new ZEEKR and Lynk & Co products, to the product renewal of China Star, Geely is expanding product boundaries to more scenarios such as sedans, SUVs, MPVs, wagons, and NEV off-roading. If the new product rhythm of some automakers can ultimately be converted into continuous delivery and reputation, this matrix will be upgraded from «coverage» to «moat».
Thus, the answer to the question is already becoming clear. Geely Automobile's counter-trend is not relying on a single car suddenly exploding, but relying on a product system that relays to each other. When market demand becomes more fragmented and pickier, try not to let users flow elsewhere. What needs to be seen next is why this system can not only sell cars domestically but also extend growth overseas.
Exports Break 100,000 in Two Consecutive Months, From «Product Going Overseas» to «Value Going Overseas»
In the past, Chinese car exports were often understood as a business of «sending products overseas»: finding importers, laying out channels, grabbing market share. This road can be run fast, but not necessarily far. Because the competition for NEVs is not just battery capacity and screen size on the configuration sheet; it also has to face charging conditions, after-sales response, financial solutions, regulatory standards, and even user trust in the brand in different countries.
The difference in this round of Geely Automobile's overseas growth lies in it starting to do three things at once: using NEV products to open the mainstream market, using high-end brands to raise the value ceiling, and using local partnerships to turn one-time sales into long-term operations. The three lines are not fighting independently, but are jointly answering the same question: how to enter the core price band of the global car market without relying on low prices.
From the data perspective alone, Geely Automobile's overseas exports in July were 106,663 units, achieving month-on-month and year-on-month double growth for seven consecutive months, breaking the 100,000 unit threshold for two consecutive months. The export volume has accounted for 42% of total sales, supporting nearly half of the business. More含金量 (worthiness) is the export structure. Its NEV product exports in July were 62,604 units, surging 616% year-on-year, accounting for 59% of total export volume. In August, Star Wish will enter the broad A0-class Australian market, with a price of 124,000-146,000 RMB, and gross profit margin significantly higher than domestic.
From specific market performance, Geely Automobile's products have already established a foothold in multiple global markets. Geely Star Wish (Geely EX2) ranked first in Thailand EV sales, second in Brazil EV, and second in Mexico pure electric models; Star Ship 7 EM-i (Geely EX5 EM-i) ranked first in Poland C-class PHEV market single model sales, second in Mexico June PHEV segmented market sales, also topping the plug-in hybrid list in Slovenia, Bulgaria and other markets, and ranking second in Mexico plug-in hybrid segmented market.
The overseas expansion of high-end brands is also noteworthy. Since the launch of Lynk & Co 08, global cumulative deliveries have reached nearly 190,000 units, ranking in the top three of Mexico high-end plug-in hybrid SUV and Morocco mid-size plug-in hybrid SUV sales in the first half of the year; ZEEKR ranked first in Australian and Malaysian luxury pure electric brand sales in the first half of the year. ZEEKR 7X ranked first in multiple segmented markets including Australia mid-size SUV over 65,000 AUD, Malaysia luxury EV, Morocco luxury electric SUV, Egypt mid-size luxury electric SUV, and ZEEKR 009 firmly stays at the top of Thailand and Malaysia luxury pure electric MPV sales.
At the same time, ZEEKR's global territory is still expanding rapidly. Among them, ZEEKR 007GT officially landed in 16 European countries; ZEEKR 7X exceeded 1,000 pre-sale orders in South Korea, with high-middle and high-spec ratio as high as 94%; ZEEKR also became the first Chinese high-end automobile brand to land in East Malaysia, and channel networks continue to sink. Geely Automobile's overseas expansion has never been simply «selling cars abroad», but walking the route of localized operations, reducing risks and improving efficiency through win-win cooperation.
Besides product overseas expansion, Geely Automobile continues to promote localized operation capability construction. In July, Geely Automobile reached an agreement with Ford. The two parties will establish a joint venture company at Ford's Valencia, Spain factory to produce NEV models for the European market through capacity sharing. This light asset cooperation model can quickly cut into core European markets without building factories from scratch, and can effectively counter tariffs and geopolitical policy risks. Both domestic and overseas brokerages have consistently expressed看好 (look favorably). Additionally, on the channel end, Geely Automobile is also promoting simultaneously. Geely Automobile has formally signed with Pakistan comprehensive enterprise group Bestway Group, authorizing it as Geely Galaxy's official importer in Pakistan. It will officially enter the Pakistan market in Q3 this year, initially introducing two pure electric SUVs Galaxy E5 and Star Wish, continuously developing emerging markets.
As of July, Geely Automobile has completed 58% of its annual million-export goal, with pace far exceeding industry expectations. With ZEEKR 9X landing in the Middle East and i-HEV hybrid technology going overseas in the second half of the year, this second growth curve of globalization will continue to release profit potential and become an important support for Geely Automobile to traverse the domestic cycle.
Technical Moat
Why can Geely Automobile maintain profitability in an «bleeding» industry environment? Besides brand and market success, the fundamental reason lies in its deep technical moat. When price wars are fought fiercely, Geely Automobile chose a harder but more correct path: using technology premium to counter price involution.
In core NEV technology, Geely Galaxy released the world's first «Thunder 16-in-1 Smart Electric Drive», completing breakthrough iteration of NEV electric drive underlying technology. This system will be equipped on Geely Galaxy TT first, not only successfully winning «Lowest energy consumption record for mass-produced pure electric cars circling Qinghai Lake» and «Longest continuous dual-car drift on wet roads (electric vehicle)» Guinness World Records, but also controlling 100km/h electric consumption at a surprising level of 8.20kWh. This generational advantage in technology gives Geely Automobile absolute pricing power in the 100,000-200,000 mainstream market.
In the manufacturing field, two core technologies of Geely Automobile won the Second Prize of the 2025 National Science and Technology Progress Award. Whether «Heat-treated Quenching and Tempering Aluminum/Magnesium Alloy and Its Application Technology for Integrated Die Casting» or «Key Technologies and Industrialization of High Safety, High Fault Tolerance, High Efficiency Intelligent Electric Electric Chassis», they all broke the long-term monopoly of overseas enterprises in high-performance materials and high-end chassis fields. This means Geely Automobile can not only make good cars, but also make good cars at lower costs and higher efficiency. This manufacturing cost advantage is the confidence for it to dare to «not lose money» in price wars.
In intelligence, Geely Automobile always insists on safety as the bottom line. On July 21, Geely Automobile obtained the industry's first «Automobile Production Organization Combined Driving Assistance Safety Management System Certification Certificate». In today's era of intelligence driving systems flooding, Geely Automobile did not blindly pursue «futures» functions, but established an industry-leading safety standardization system through «Qianli Haohan» intelligence driving system. In the second half of the year, Geely Automobile will also set up a «2030 Lab» to tackle frontier fields such as acoustics, optics, digital chassis, embodied intelligence, etc. This «develop one generation, reserve one generation, apply one generation» technical rhythm ensures Geely Automobile products always lead by half a position.
Final Thoughts:
July 250,000 units, five consecutive months of double growth, overseas breaking 100,000 consecutive months, NEV penetration rate 64%. Geely Automobile's report card placed against the backdrop of the industry's overall decline speaks for itself.
But what is worth thinking about more than numbers is the way of growth. Geely Automobile did not participate in bottomless price wars or rely on pressing inventory to pump volume, but covered layered markets through multi-brand synergy, opened up incremental space through high-value overseas expansion, and built competitive barriers through underlying technology. This is a path of «high-quality growth». It is not about who loses less, but who has stronger blood-making ability. From multi-brand synergy to global layout, from technological innovation to product value improvement, Geely Automobile is building a systemic capability to traverse the cycle. As the industry elimination window approaches, this capability may be the hardest hand to stay at the table. Let us look forward to Geely Automobile bringing us greater surprises in the future!
